It could be argued, maybe not by snooty art historians but certainly by congenitally low-brow connoisseurs of kitsch, that to be famous in America, truly iconic, one's likeness must be painted on black velvet. Step into a cramped, dimly lit storefront...

I happened to be looking up when they flew overhead, a flock of white storks heading south along the Costa Brava, in Catalonia, on Spain's Mediterranean coast. With the rising sun as their compass, they flew in shifting, untidy groups, black-tipped...

USC, under new Coach Andy Enfield, won its basketball home opener Tuesday night at Galen Center, beating Cal State Northridge, 95-79. Northridge also has a new coach in Reggie Theus.
Center Omar Oraby led the Trojans with 17 points and forward Byron...

MONELLS, Spain — Almost every year since 1996, I have organized a week-long, early summer bicycle tour in a foreign country for a group of friends. So far we've biked in 10 countries from New Zealand to Italy, including three tours in France.
I never...

*** (out of four)If your Spanish is rusty, yes, that title translates to “Snow White.”Yet even if you raise your hand when someone asks, “Who’s tired of the recent wave of reimagined fairy tales?”—I raise both of mine—there’s reason “Blancanieves” doesn’t...

Never one to let rivals like McLaren and Ferrari have all the fun unveiling their $1 million-plus supercars, Lamborghini brought its $3.9 million Veneno to the Geneva Motor Show. The automaker on Monday unveiled the 750-horsepower car to celebrate...

"I love how the sun paints the city," says Julio Rivas Garcia as he gazes over Quito's historic heart from the roof of the Church of La Merced.
Where we're standing, at 9,200 feet and only 15 miles from the equator, the late-afternoon sun still...

Time once again for "The Amazing Race," or as I called it last week, The Dream Crushing, Boyfriend Eliminating Hour of Depression.
I've got something that will perk you up this week: Spain! Barcelona! Beaches! It's a magical place where even...

Tom's intro reminds us that last week it was "Wagner who got jacked." They tell us that it's "Rock Week" and the reanimated corpses of KISS are on the ballroom floor to get us pumped up with "Rock and Roll All Nite" -...